First appeared in the October 7thissue of U.S. Undersea Warfare News In late 2013, the Submarine Force decided to modernize the 1990’s combat systems on…

USS BOWFIN SUBMARINE MUSEUM AND PARK—Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Rear Adm. Frederick “Fritz” J. Roegge, in partnership with Mr. Chuck Merkel, executive director…

“When I assumed command of the Pacific Fleet on 31 December 1941, our submarines were already operating against the enemy, the only units of the…

Reprinted with permission from AMIHOT NEWS, an internet publication AMI International, PO Box 30, Bremerton, Washington, 98337. From the July 2016 Issue TAIWAN –2018-2040 Naval…

Ensign Jim Catina, USN, a native of Strouds burg, PA, is a 2016 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He is currently a student in…

PROJECT DIRECTOR Kathleen H. Hicks AUTHORS Kathleen H. Hicks Andrew Metrick Lisa Sawyer Samp Kathleen Weinberger Editor’s Note: These Excerpts are republished from the titled…

Imagine working for years to design and build something you hope fervently never to use. The U.S. Navy does just that with then nuclear submarine-launched…

The past 27 years—which encompass the demise of the Soviet Union, the September 11 attacks, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the rise of competing nations,…

COMMUNICATING THE RATIONALE FOR THE ROLE AND VALUE OF U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS, 1989 TO TODAY PROJECT DIRECTORS Clark Murdock Rebecca K.C. Hersman PRINCIPAL AUTHORS Rebecca…

BIBLIOGRAPHY The books listed below were studied as part of my background research for this monograph. Additional sources included some relevant articles in the periodicals…